Basement Jaxx are pleased to announce that they will be joining the festivities for the launch weekend of Manchester’s favourite dance music venue, The Warehouse Project. The Jaxx join Eric Prydz & Felix Da Housecat on Saturday 25th September and you can get your tickets right here
The devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010 killed 230,000 people and left another 1.5 million homeless.
Thanks to your overwhelming support, Oxfam has been able to assist more than 420,000 people â€' by providing clean water, shelter and basic sanitation, as well as by helping community canteens provide daily hot meals.
Thank you also to all the Jaxx fans that bid on the signed albums during the fund raising auction or came to the Oxjam event when we played.
Every little helps….
Basement Jaxx will be DJ’ing sporadically around the world this Summer. They’ll be playing on top of the Royal Opera House in Stockholm in June as a free party to celebrate the Crown Princess of Sweden’s marriage (!) before flying to Los Angeles to play at the Electric Daisy Carnival later the same month. There will be a handful more shows in September, to be confirmed, before ending the Summer at the We Love Space closing party in Ibiza. Hopefully we’ll see you somewhere along the way…
Simon & Felix will be guesting at Green Velvet’s Birthday Party at Sound Bar, Chicago on Friday April 23rd
Check it out here
The capital's soul is harder to pin down than other cities because its musical climate can change between postcodes
If London had the grid system of Manhattan, or had been rebuilt entirely like the Paris of Haussmann, then maybe it would have a readily identifiable sound. After all, you can spot the sound of Manchester â€' whether it's the Hollies, Joy Division, the Stone Roses or MC Tunes â€' at 20 paces. London has always been more fluid, in its architecture and its population. Different eras, and different postcodes, define the sound of the city at any given time. The Barbican's forthcoming Songs In the Key of London event could have included such mismatched performers as Chas & Dave, Rod Stewart, and Dizzee Rascal on the bill and it would have all made perfect sense.
Instead, along with likely lads Suggs and Chris Difford, it features a bunch of singers who aren't even from London â€' Robyn Hitchcock is Cambridge to his toes, Kathryn Williams's Byker Grove accent is a bit of a giveaway. The reason they will be sharing a stage with compere Phil Daniels is that most of the great London songs have been written by outsiders and suburbanites.
David Bowie, tucked away on the fringes of Kent in Beckenham, wrote a few pre-fame songs in the 60s about moving to the big bad city: Can't Help Thinking About Me...
The “Scars” tour officially came to an end in Tokyo last Saturday night with a storming show at a packed out Studio Coast venue.
Nearly 3000 Japanese Jaxx-freaks witnessed almost 2 hours of the usual mayhem which was followed by tears & champagne backstage afterwards.
Simon & Felix would like to thank their amazing live band, dedicated crew and all the thousands of fans around the world who came along to the shows.
Thank You & Goodnight !